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Philly.com – “Freire Charter School Bridge to Wisdom”-On May 19, Freire Charter School hosted its Bridge to Wisdom event at the Comcast Center. More than 200 attended the program and award ceremony. Guests were treated to Play On Philly! by the Freire Charter Middle School string chamber ensemble, while enjoying cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. David L. Cohen, Comcast senior executive vice president, […]

NBC 10 – “Freire Charter School Honors Comcast’s David L. Cohen”-Freire Charter School in Philadelphia honored Comcast senior executive vice president David L. Cohen with the 2016 Bridge to Wisdom Award on Thursday night. The award recognizes Cohen’s effort to close the digital divide through Comcast’s Internet Essentials program. Comcast is the parent company of NBC10. Watch video at NBC Philadelphia >>

NBC 10 – “5 Philly Schools Make Pennsylvania ‘High Progress’ List for Low-Income Schools”-By Laura Benshoff | Newsworks.org Five schools in Philadelphia made the cut for a “high progress” designation, based on increases in achievement in math and reading across all student in the schools. Four Philadelphia district schools — Lankenau High School, Philadelphia Military Academy at Elverson, Juniata Park Academy and Eliza B. Kirkbride School — earned […]

Technical.ly Philly – “Freire Charter School wants to open a tech-focused high school”-By Juliana Reyes Freire Charter School is trying to open a technology and entrepreneurship-focused high school. It’s the first time in seven years that the School District of Philadelphia is accepting applications for new charter schools and Freire, which runs a middle school and high school in Center City, will be one of those applicants. The deadline for applications is […]

PA Independent – “Two Phila. schools shine as beacons of nonviolence”-“We have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to physical or verbal violence and cyber bullying,” said [Kelly] Davenport, whose Philadelphia middle and high school provides a 100 percent nonviolent, safe learning environment for underserved, urban students in grades 5-12. This policy isn’t limited to the classroom. If a Freire student acts violently anywhere — […]